Meadowlark Hills is expanding their operations in Riley County with the purchase of two HomePlus home health care facilities. The homes, located at 120 N. Scenic Drive in Manhattan and at 7621 Falcon Road near Riley, marks the group’s first instance of a physical purchase of property outside of Manhattan. “We’re always looking for ways [...]

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The Manhattan Fire Department responded to a fire Tuesday evening at 508 Stone Pointe Drive. Shortly after 5 pm, MFD Firefighters arrived on scene and found a single story duplex with smoke showing from the garage. Crews were able to get the fire under control within 10 mins. A total of 19 firefighters responded on [...]

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Riley County: Manhattan City Commission: (three winners) Usha Reddi – 2,744 Wynn Butler – 2,000 Jerred McKee – 1,691 Brian Thomason – 1,432 Kaleb James – 913 ________________________________________________________________________________________ Manhattan/Ogden USD 383 (three winners) Karla Hagemeister – 2,067 Katrina Lewison – 3,136 Jurdene Coleman – 2,149 Jennifer Prewitt – 1,817 __________________________________________________________________________________________ Ballot questions-Recreation and Sales Tax [...]

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At least 30 headstones were damaged at Highland Cemetery in Junction City Monday night, according to the Junction City Police Department. The JCPD is asking the public for information on the incident, which it called a “horrible act of vandalism.” KMAN will have more information as it becomes available.

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Updated: Monday, 6:40 p.m. Via Christi hospital in Manhattan was on lockdown Monday afternoon following a shooting near University Crossing. Riley County Police Department Public Information Officer Hali Rowland told KMAN an adult male was shot in the 2200 block of College Avenue in Manhattan just before 4:20 p.m. The victim has been treated and [...]

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Riley County Clerk Rich Vargo informed county commissioners Monday morning 1,615 people have cast advance ballots leading up to Tuesday’s cities and schools general election. “That is an increase over two years ago, which is a good sign,” Vargo said. Three Manhattan city commission seats are on the ballot, along with three school board seats [...]

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A St. Marys man was injured in a plane crash in Pottawatomie county late Sunday morning.  William Linn, 71, was piloting a T-Bird 2 fixed wing aircraft, which  was enroute to Lyndon near Pomona Lake. The aircraft had engine problems when a propeller broke, losing power and crashing before reaching the airfield. Linn was taken to [...]

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Updated: Sunday, 1:31 p.m. A Junction City man is in the Riley County Jail for the suspected theft of a police car. Anthony Kenneth Johnson, 32, was taken into custody by the Riley County Police Department at 2:30 a.m. Saturday. According to the RCPD, officers were conducting a traffic stop near the intersection of 5th [...]

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Riley County Police are reporting on social media Friday morning their 911 center & K-State’s center are getting back-to-back phone calls with third party information about a planned “shooting in the Ville this weekend.” At this point, nothing credible has been found. According to a facebook post all information RCPD has received has been third party information, [...]

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A former Manhattan man who was also a K-State student faces a mental competency exam in connection with a Wichita murder case. Dane Owens was charged last fall with the fatal shooting of Rowena Irani, 22, of Wichita. Irani was found shot in the head in a home in northeast Wichita and was transported to [...]

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